{"id":91194,"date":"2020-08-18T09:13:08","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T09:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=91194"},"modified":"2020-08-18T12:01:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T12:01:03","slug":"from-a-free-ticket-to-a-shot-at-208k-and-wpt-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/from-a-free-ticket-to-a-shot-at-208k-and-wpt-glory.html","title":{"rendered":"From a Free Ticket to a Shot at $208K and WPT Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poker can be a funny old game. One minute you\u2019re grinding away in a $22 buy-in tournament. The next you\u2019re rubbing shoulders with tournament poker\u2019s elite and in with a shot of winning more than $208,000.<\/p>\n

This is exactly what has happened to Brazil\u2019s Joao Batista<\/strong>. None of us are likely to forget the year 2020, but Batista will definitely look back on August 2020 with fond memories, regardless of what happens when the WPT #05 Knockout Championship final table completes.<\/p>\n

You see, Batista returns to action with the overall chip lead and having already locked up $25,078 in bounty payments. But it could have been oh so different for the Brazilian.<\/p>\n

WPT Ticket Drop Promo Results in Potentially Life-Changing Score<\/h2>\n
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Joao Batista<\/p><\/div>\n

Batista won the $22 buy-in Mini Masters: $15K Gtd<\/strong> tournament earlier this month. That impressive result netted him $4,246. We had randomly selected that tournament as part of our WPT Ticket Drop promotion<\/strong><\/a> so Batista also won a free $3,200 ticket. The $3,200 ticket is now worth at least $19,483 from the main prize pool and $25,078 from the bounty prize pool.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know which tournament to play, then I chose to play the Knockout Championship because of the more immediate ROI I could get from the bounties. After eliminating the first player I thought \u2018first step is done\u2019. When I made Day 2, I couldn\u2019t even sleep. Then today at the beginning of the day I got aces in a triple all-in and was amongst the top stacks for the rest of the day,\u201d said Batista.<\/p>\n

Should Batista go all the way in this event, he\u2019ll walk away with $208,803 and possibly the same in bounties depending on how many foes he sends to the rail along the way. No doubt Batista will be railed by a raucous rail when play resumes on the partypoker Twitch channel<\/strong><\/a> from 21:00 CEST on August 18.<\/p>\n

WPT #05 Knockout Championship Final Table Chips Counts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nChips<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nJoao Batista<\/td>\nBrazil<\/td>\n18,727,342<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nManig Loeser<\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\n17,696,547<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nArtur Martirosian<\/td>\nRussia<\/td>\n15,195,536<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nDaniel Smyth<\/td>\nIreland<\/td>\n11,885,420<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nRyan Riess<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\n10,634,145<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nMatheus Luiz Costa<\/td>\nBrazil<\/td>\n8,725,773<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nPim Gieles<\/td>\nNetherlands<\/td>\n8,205,687<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nPedro Marques<\/td>\nCroatia<\/td>\n7,513,539<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nShyngis Satubayev<\/td>\nKazakhstan<\/td>\n4,916,011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Victory won\u2019t come easy for Batista because he\u2019s joined at the nine-handed final table by some legitimate superstars of poker.<\/p>\n

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Manig Loeser<\/p><\/div>\n

Manig Loeser<\/strong> is one of those stars. The UK-based German has hardly put a foot wrong in this tournament and sits back down with 17,696,547 chips. Loeser has an incredible $11,126,205 in live tournament winnings, including a $2,162,644 prize. He\u2019s also won more than $2 million in the online poker world and is arguably Batista\u2019s biggest threat for glory in this event.<\/p>\n

Loeser has already sent 14 players to the showers in this event and returns with $46,435 worth of bounty payments already locked up!<\/p>\n

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Artur Martirosian<\/p><\/div>\n

Artur Martirosian<\/strong><\/a> is another top player who is gunning for glory in this event. The Russian is a regular in the biggest tournaments live and online and is seen as a formidable foe. A runner-up finish in the partypoker MILLIONS Sochi Super High Roller<\/strong> in March 2020 netted Martirosian $495,000. The man known as \u201cmararthur1\u201d<\/strong> in online poker circles is a beast and has won dozens of high profile events at partypoker and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Smyth<\/p><\/div>\n

Ireland\u2019s Daniel Smyth<\/strong> sits back down in this massive tournament with 11,885,420 chips, enough for fourth-place at the restart. Dubliner Smyth is known as \u201cdanloulou\u201d<\/strong> online but he\u2019s removed his cashes from the various tracking sites. We know he\u2019s previously won the Sunday Million so definitely knows his way around a final table. Don\u2019t write off Smyth, he could well be the dark horse of this tournament.<\/p>\n

Former WSOP Main Event Champion In The House<\/h2>\n
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Ryan Riess<\/p><\/div>\n

The man currently in fifth-place requires little in the way of an introduction. Ryan Riess<\/strong> has $15 million in live tournament winnings and another $1.78 million from online tournaments. Riess, of course, won the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event<\/strong> in Las Vegas for $8,361,570 but has proven that wasn\u2019t a one-off by helping himself to some huge prizes in the years that have passed. Riess would be a popular champion, but he\u2019s got plenty of work ahead of him.<\/p>\n

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Matheus Luiz Costa<\/p><\/div>\n

Matheus Luiz Costa<\/strong> adds even more Samba flair to the final table. The Brazilian has 8,725,773 chips in his stack when play resumes and has already accumulated $13,242 worth of bounties courtesy of sending six players to the showers on his way to the final table.<\/p>\n

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Pim Gieles<\/p><\/div>\n

Dutch star Pim Gieles<\/strong> is definitely someone you\u2019ve crossed paths with if you frequent mid and high stakes tournaments online. Gieles, better-known to some as \u201cPimmss\u201d<\/strong> always shows up in the various online poker series. With several huge results to his name, Gieles is a major threat to his remaining eight opponents. Sure, he\u2019s one of the shorter stacks but is vastly experienced and the jumps in pay won\u2019t faze the youngster.<\/p>\n

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Pedro Marques<\/p><\/div>\n

Pedro Marques<\/strong> is a Portuguese grinder who battles it out at the online tables from his base on Croatia. Marques is extremely proud to be Portuguese and even has \u201cMADE IN PORTUGAL\u201d tattooed on the back of his neck. He\u2019s managed to rack up more than $2.3 million from live events, helped by a fourth-place finish at EPT Barcelona in 2018 (\u20ac698,369), and a brace of \u20ac300,000+ scores in \u20ac10,300 and \u20ac25,500 buy-in high rollers.<\/p>\n

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Shyngis Satubayev<\/p><\/div>\n

Shyngis Satubayev<\/strong> already has one WPT Online Championships final table to his name after he finished fifth in the 8-Max event won by Gavin Cochrane<\/strong><\/a>. Satubayev collected $123,298 that day by navigating his way to fifth place. The Kazakhstan national needs third-place or better in this event to best that impressive sum. He\u2019ll need some help from the deck because he returns as the shortest stack with 4,916,011 chips or approximately 14 big blinds.<\/p>\n

Follow All The Final Table Action<\/h2>\n

The nine-handed final table shuffles up and deals at 20:00 CEST and you can tune into our Twitch channel<\/strong><\/a> for cards-up coverage from 21:00 CEST. Will it be Batista who steals the headlines once again, or will one of the chasing pack become the latest WPTWOC Championship Event winner? We don\u2019t have long to wait to find out.<\/p>\n

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Poker can be a funny old game. One minute you\u2019re grinding away in a $22 buy-in tournament. The next you\u2019re rubbing shoulders with tournament poker\u2019s elite and in with a shot of winning more than $208,000. This is exactly what has happened to Brazil\u2019s Joao Batista. None of us are likely to forget the year<\/p>\n

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